Egg shipping case



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EGG SHIPPING CASE Filed Jan. 2, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I L I 34 INVIINIOR I I eynrolds' Guya- F .3 r 7 65- a; 6'6" BY ORNEY Aug. 17, 1954 R. GUYER EGG SHIPPING CASE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 2, 1951 INVENTOR fizynolds Gus er BY R wfih A I A I lI/IIJ.

TTORNEY Patented Aug. 17, 1954.

EGG SHIPPING CASE Reynolds Guyer, St. Paul, Minn., assignor to Waldorf. Paper Products Company, St. Paul, Minn.,

a corporation of Minnesota 6 Application January 2, 1951, Serial No. 203,996

My invention relates to an improvement in egg case wherein it is desired to provide a simple case foreggs and the like which may be shipped in a flat condition and easily erected by the con- One of the difilculties experienced in the sale of egg cases lies in the fact that some type of equipmentis usually required to erect the cases. Usually it is necessary to either glue or stitch the parts together when the caseis erected. Thepresent invention deals witha type of case which may be shipped fiat and which may be easily put together without requiring equipment.

An object of the present invention lies in the provision of an egg case having an outer shell and a lining member designed to extend into the shell. The outer shell comprises a rectangular structure having opposed sideand end walls connected a l 2 mg member H anda partition unit [2. These parts assembled together form the completed egg case.

The outer shell It includes a side wall panel i3 foldably connected at [4 to an end wall panel I5. The panel I5 is secured at a fold line 16 to the side wall IT. The side wall I! is connected along in tubular relation. The liner comprises a pair of members connected together which form a double bottom in the case and which form lining panels for all of the walls of the outer shell.

A feature of the present invention lies in the provision of alining member for an egg case.

a fold line l9 to an end panel 20. The panel 20 is connected to an edge of the panel l3 by tape 2| or other suitable connecting means. i

A transverse line of fold 22 is provided at the upper ends of all ofthe wall panels. This line of fold connects the wall panels to the closing and reinforcing flaps. The fold line 22 connects the panel l3 to a pair of spaced closing flaps 23 and 24 spaced by a center slot 25. The fold line 22 connects the end panel l5 to a reinforcing flap 2G. The fold line 22 also connects the panel l1 to a pair of spaced closing flaps 21 and 29 which are spaced by a slot 30 mid-way between the ends of the case. The panel 20 is connected along the fold line 22 with the reinforcing flap 3|.

The flaps 26 and 29 are foldable down to lie adjacent the upper portions of the panels [5 and 20 towhich they are hinged. A hand hole 32 is provided in each end wall just below the .fiaps 26 and 3| in inwardly folded condition thereof. The

first strip and a pair of side wall panels foldably Figure 3 is a plan view of the liner in flat condition. 6

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the partition forming unit.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section through the container.

Figure 6 is a transverse section through the container.

The container includes an outer shell 10, a linliner includes two strips connected together at right angles. The first strip includes a bottom panel 33 connected along lines of folds 34 and 35 to end wall panels 36 and 31. These wall panels are connected along fold lines 39 and 40 to top panels 4| and 42. The top panels are connected along fold lines 43 and 44 to tuck flaps 45 and 46. Hand holes 41 are provided in the panels 36 and 31, these hand holes registering with the hand holes 32 in the outer shell when the liner is in place. The liner II also includes a second strip including a bottom panel 49 connected along fold lines 5|] and 5| to inner side wall panels. The bottom panel 49 is connected along the fold line 5|] to a pair of spaced panels 52 and 53 which are spaced by a slot 54. The bottom panel 49 is likewise connected along the fold line 5| to a pair of spaced panels 55 and 55 which are spaced by a slot 51. The slots 54 and 51 are aligned in flat condition of the liner and are at the center of the case in preferred form. Stitches 59, or other suitable connecting means hold the two lining portions in proper relation.

In Figure 4 of the drawings, I disclose the partition unit l2. This unit includes a pair of panels BI] and GI which are connected along the bottom fold line 62. Anchoring flanges 63 and 64 are connected to one end of the panels GI] and 6| and similar anchoring flanges 65 and 66 are provided at the other end of these panels. The anchoring flanges are foldable relative to the partition panels 50 and BI and may extend at right angles thereto as shown in Figure 4.

The case thus formed is shipped in a fiat condition and in three different parts. When it is desired to assemble the case, the outer shell I0 is folded into the rectangular form illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings. The liner H is next inserted into the shell ID, the end wall panels 36 and 31 being folded upwardly at right angles to the bottom panels and the side wall panels 52, 53, 55 and 56 being folded upwardly to lie inwardly of the side Walls of the shell. The partition unit I2 is next inserted into the case. The anchoring flanges 63 and 64 extending between portions of the liner panels 52 and 53 and the corresponding side wall l1 and the other anchor flanges 65 and 66 lying between the wall panels 55 and 56 and the corresponding shell side wall I3; The eg case is then in condition to be filled. When the case has been filled the cover panels 4| and 42 are hinged downwardly and the tuck flaps 45 and 46 inserted. into the space between the panels 60. Before folding the top panels downwardly, the closing flaps 23, 24, 21, and 2e are folded into horizontal position. These grooved flanges tend to lock the liner in place within the shell. Furthermore, when the caseis carried the hands extend through the hand holes 32 and also thehand holes 41, thereby holding the parts together.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have described the principles of construction and operation of my egg case, and while I have endeavored to set forth the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that obvious changes maybe made within the scope of the following claim without departing from the spirit 7 comprising a series of side and end walls connected together in rectangular relation, a liner including a series of panels foldably connected together and insertable into the shell, the liner including a first bottom panel, end wall panels hingedly connected to opposite ends of said bottom panel, and cover panels hingedly secured to the ends of'said end walls, a second bottom panel in surface contact with the first bottom panel and secured thereto, side wall panels foldably connected to said second bottom panel, opposed vertical slots in saidside wall panels, the side walls of said outer shell having flaps hingedly secured thereto, said flaps being engageable beneath said cover panels in assembled form of the case, the cover panels including means for holding the same in a common plane, and a partition. member vertically slidable through said slots and including anchoring portions slidable between said side wall panels and the side walls of said outer shell.

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